CRIME BEAT Break-in attempt at station
Blair Castle will be included in new RHS partnership scheme
Perth and Kinross Chief Inspector Maggie Pettigrew compiled this week’s Crime Beat, which covers reported crime and incidents until late last week.
CRIME UPDATES
A 20-year-old male was caution and charged with a theft from outside Rattray Primary School on Thursday, March 23. A report is to be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal.
A 52-year-old male was arrested and charged with multiple thefts at Dunkeld Road in Perth on Sunday, March 26. He is expected to appear at Perth Sheriff Court at a later date.
LOCAL CRIME
There was an attempt to break in to the fire station in Blairgowrie Road, Coupar Angus, between 4.30pm on Friday, March 17 and 2pm on Sunday, March 19. Anyone with any information should contact Tayside Division on 101, or any police officer quoting crime reference CR/7161/17.
A male aged about 25 years described as wearing a dark baseball hat, grey jacket with white flashed and dark trousers was acting in an indecent manner near to Lornty Bridge, Oakbank Road, Blairgowrie at about 4.30pm on Saturday, March 25.
A window was damaged at Victoria Terrace in Crieff between 10pm on Monday, March 20, and 8.30am on Tuesday, March 21.
A number of windows were damaged at a derelict property on Riverbank Crescent, Kinloch Rannoch, between Wednesday, March 15, and Sunday, March 26.
A window was damaged at Bowton Road, Kinross between Tuesday, March 14 and Wednesday, March 22.
A wooden fence at Springfield Road, Kinross, was damaged at about 3.30pm on Wednesday, March 22.
A quantity of scaffolding Blair Castle has announced that its beautiful grounds and gardens have been accepted into the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) partner gardens scheme.
As part of its membership, the Highland Perthshire landmark will now offer free entry to all RHS members every Wednesday that the grounds and gardens are open to visitors.
Julia Sim, sales and marketing manager for the estate near Blair Atholl, said: “We are delighted to have been recognised in this way and to be joining this scheme.
“It’s wonderful news as it has coincided with the 21st anniversary of the restoration of Hercules Garden, the castle’s 18th century, walled, nine-acre garden. The garden was first laid out by the 2nd Duke.
“The benefits are that they can have a choice of gardens to visit if they do not live near an RHS garden. It also helps the RHS promote its membership and enables them to further its charitable work.”
Julia paid tribute to head gardener Andrew Fairley and equipment was stolen from a yard at Johnshill Road, Alyth, between Friday, March 3, and Monday, March 20.
A white Ford B-Max motor vehicle was damaged in Rannoch Road, Perth, between 3pm on Friday, March 17, and noon on Saturday, March 18.
A CCTV camera at St John’s Shopping Centre, Perth, was damaged at 6.45pm on Tuesday, March 21, by two males described as aged about 14 years wearing dark clothing, one of whom was carrying a backpack.
An item was thrown at a window on Fortingall Place, Perth damaging the window between 5.45pm on Tuesday, March 21 and 11.30am on
The Blair Castle gardens features a beautiful landscape the team which looks after the is a most welcome addition to the grounds and gardens at the castle. RHS network of partner gardens
She said: “The success of our which will include 28 beautiful gardens, which year on year Scottish gardens in 2017. attract more paying visitors, “The location of Blair Castle is testament to the enormous means that RHS members now amount of hard work they put in have two gardens that they can year round. visit free of charge in this area,
“Hercules Garden has its own not to mention the many other full-time gardener who does Partner Gardens around Perth nothing else but maintain the and Dundee. garden. The feedback we get from “Visiting gardens is the most visitors more than justifies the popular benefit of joining the manpower we put in. RHS, a charity whose vision is to
“The entire grounds – from enrich everyone’s life through Diana’s Grove, our tranquil plants.” wooded area which contains In the height of summer, the some of the UK’s tallest trees, to Hercules Garden offers stunning the adventure playground, the vistas with more than 100 fruit deer park and the Sculpture Trial trees to view, and herbaceous – really do complement the entire borders which run for 275 metres visitor experience here at Blair along the south-facing wall. Castle.” For more information, see
Helen Feary, of the RHS partner www.blair-castle.co.uk/castle_ garden scheme, said: “Blair Castle gardens. Wednesday, March 22.
Cash stored in a plastic pouch was taken from an unattended shopping trolley at Tesco, Crieff Road, Perth between 12.30pm and 8pm on Saturday, March 25.
Sometime between 9pm on Saturday, March 25 and 2017 and 7am on Sunday, March 26, a window was damaged at Bell’s Sports Centre, Hay Street Perth.
Anyone with any information that may be useful should contact police on 101 or speak to an officer.
Alternatively, information can also be passed anonymously via the Crimestoppers hotline on 0800 555111. CI Maggie Pettigrew